How to read Instagram messages without them knowing?

There are times when we would like to be able to read a message sent to us without the sender knowing that we have read their message. Not because we want to ignore them but rather there are times when we are just really too busy to reply and we would not want to hurt their feelings by keeping them on the seen zone. However, most social media including Instagram would let the sender know whenever you have read their messages. Do not worry as through this article, we shall provide you a guide on how to be able to sneak into your DM without letting anyone know that you have been online and been checking your Instagram.

How to read Instagram messages without the sender knowing?

Here are the steps on how to ensure that the message you have read won’t notify the sender that you have read their message.

Method 1 – Restricting the profile

• Open the profile of the sender of the message
• Tap on the three dot menu. You will be able to find this on the top right corner of their profile.
• Select restrict
• Once you have set restricted their profile, you will notice that their message will disappear from your DMs. Do not worry as you will find their message at your message requests.
• Once the message is at your message requests, you could read them. Take in mind that you could read messages from the message requests section.
• Go back to their profile page. You will see a message saying that you have restricted the profile page that you are in. Beside it, you find the word unrestrict.
• Select unrestrict
• Once you have unrestrict the profile, the messages of the person you have unrestricted will appear again on the list of your DMs without any notification being sent that you have seen them.

Method 2 – Turn off WiFi/Data

• Turn off your data or internet
• Take note however, if you use this method, it could not work for images or videos.
• Once you go back online, the messages will be marked as read.

Method 3 – Disable Internet and Log Out

• Disable your phone’s mobile data and WiFi Connection
• Go to Instagram’s Direct messages tab
• Read the message
• Go to Instagram Settings
• Tap log out
• You could also clear your app’s data from your phone’s settings
• Log out of Instagram
• Connect back to internet. This will not mark the message as read.

Conclusion

Not that we do want to ignore our friends’, relatives’ or someone special’s messages, but there are times when we are just really busy or very tired to reply especially when the messages are not that urgent. Moreover, there are messages which could be replied at a later time. However, there are people who get offended and hurt whenever when we couldn’t reply right away and to avoid this, luckily there is way to read messages without the sender knowing that you have read their messages. Through this article, we hope that we were able to guide you and provide you a clear step by step method on how to do this. All you have to do is follow them and you are good to go! So what are you waiting for? Try it out and let us know how it went and do not forget to comment.